Little Red Riding Hood Directed by David Kaplan, 1997

Sixteen year-old Christina Ricci stars in this underground cult classic hailed as “breathtaking,” “a masterpiece,” “perfection,” and “one of the greatest short films of all time.” Writer-director David Kaplan adapts the classic fairy tale for adults – with narration by Quentin Crisp. Other stories include: a dark and provocative adaptation of the classic tale “The Frog King” by the Brothers Grimm, where a young girl loses her doll down a deep well and is helped by a disgusting frog, with unexpected consequences, and a cautionary tale from Heinrich Hoffman’s classic book “Struwwelpeter”- a boy sucks his thumbs in spite of dire warnings from his mother, and is visited by the dreaded Great Tall Tailor, who arrives with scissors in hand…